10．When a first-time father saw his newborn son，he immediately noticed the baby's ears obviously standing out from his head．He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might tease his child．A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy-the ears presented only a minor problem with its appearance．
But the nervous father persisted．He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule，or if they should consider plastic surgery（整形手術(shù)）．The nurse assured him that it was really no problem，and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears．
The father finally felt more optimistic about his child，but now he worried about his wife's reaction to those large ears．She had been delivered by operation，and had not yet seen the child．
"She doesn't take things as easily as I do，"he said to the nurse．
By this time，the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby．The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's large ears．
The baby was in a receiving blanket with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor．The baby was placed in his mother's arms，who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time．
She took one look at her baby's face and looked to her husband and gasped，"Oh，Honey!Look!He has your ears!"
No problem with Mom．She married those ears…and she loves the man to whom they are attached．
The poet Kahlil Gibran said，"Beauty is not in the face； beauty is a light in the heart．"It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light．
36．When the father first saw his baby，he was worried thatB．
A．The baby might not grow up healthily．
B．The baby might be laughed at by others．
C．The baby might disappoint its mother．
D．the baby might have mental problems．
37．According to the doctor and nurse，the baby's earsC．
A．could not function well．
B．looked the same as others．
C．only caused a small problem．
D．needed to have plastic surgery．
38．What is true about the baby's mother？D
A．She blamed her husband for the baby's big ears．
B．She was the first to discover the baby's large ears．
C．She suggested having an operation on the baby immediately．
D．She found something similar between the baby and its father．
39．What does the underlined word They refer to？A
A．The ears． B The parents． C．The doctor and nurse． D．The problems
40．What's the function of the last paragraph？B
A．To advise readers to listen carefully．
B．To draw a conclusion from the story．
C．To criticize the wrong attitude to physical beauty．
D．To stress the importance of doctor-patient relationship．
分析 本文主要講述了父親突然發(fā)現(xiàn)剛出生的兒子的耳朵是明顯的招風(fēng)耳．他很擔(dān)心以后其他孩子會(huì)嘲笑他的兒子，大夫?yàn)樗膬鹤幼隽藱z查之后向他保證，他的兒子很健康，耳朵明顯是小問(wèn)題，只不過(guò)是不好看罷了，可是他又擔(dān)心妻子不能接受，但是當(dāng)妻子看到兒子的時(shí)候，說(shuō)她喜歡兒子的耳朵，因?yàn)閮鹤拥亩浜驼煞虻囊粯樱菝裁啦皇钦娴拿溃撵`美才是真的美．
解答 36．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段中He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might tease his child．可知父親擔(dān)心兒子的耳朵太大以后會(huì)被嘲笑，故選B．
37．C，細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段中A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy-the ears presented only a minor problem with its appearance．醫(yī)生為兒子做了檢查之后向他保證兒子很健康，只是看起來(lái)不太好看罷了．故選C．
38．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段Oh，Honey!Look!He has your ears，可知妻子發(fā)現(xiàn)兒子的耳朵和丈夫的一樣．故選D．
39．A．詞義猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段She married those ears…可知這里指的是耳朵．故選A．
40．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第一段最后一句話(huà)It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light．是從這個(gè)故事里的出來(lái)的結(jié)論．故選B．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 這個(gè)閱讀理解題屬于逸聞趣事，通過(guò)一個(gè)小故事來(lái)品味人生哲理，文章很簡(jiǎn)單，做題時(shí)注意細(xì)節(jié)的理解，尤其是最后總結(jié)的人生哲理需要理解到位．
